84 Chapter 32: Shadow boy

With only 60 players remaining, the voice announced a new rule which changed it all.

Players from all around the island listened carefully to the announcement

"Hidden rule: Last man standing"

Followed up by those words came an earthquake, or so it seemed

"What's going on?!" Asked Serena as the ground started to shake

Everything around us was vibrating, then before I had even realised, particles of lights covered eleanor and she disappeared

"Wha-"

Before I could finish, the three of us started glowing in the same way, and we all disappeared

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"The true games begin now." Muttered the advisor

[True games...? I suppose this is the first time they've done this, but what exactly am I looking at...?] Thought kurt to himself as he looked at the screen

"Would you look at that! The island is changing shape! The players were all teleported somewhere! What could have caused this turn of events?!" Shouted the commentator

"What's going on?"

"Must be a change in rules..."

"but why...?"

The crowd muttered amongst themselves as they watched

The island shrunk down to half of its original size and seemed to turn over, no one had expected for this to happen

After the island turned over the whole crowed was shocked, the trees were all gone, and all they could see was a giant white cube in empty plains

The cube was so big that it could cover around 90% of the shrunken island

"What is that...?"

"Were our kids teleported into that cube?"

"So it's not gonna be on an island anymore?"

Not only the crowd but the people who watched from all across the city were confused, but their confuser was shortly cleared by the commentator's following comment

"I've just been informed, there's been a change of rules, it will continue to be a battle royale, but instead of taking place in an island, it will take place inside of the cube"

"O-oh, I see..."

"I was worried for nothing..."

Said the people as they openly shared their thoughts

"Well then, It's time for the second part of the battle royale!"

"Y-YEAAAH!!"

The crowd started to cheer

[honestly, why make the exams so complicated this year, what is that old hag thinking...] thought kurt as he shook his head

"Eleanor... be careful..." Muttered kurt to himself

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One second we were in the middle of a forest, then after a single blink, I ended up here...

"Where am I..." I muttered as I looked around

A white spice with cubical lines all around the floor and walls

"A giant white room...? This shape..."

A cube? Why a cube? How big is this? It can fit all of these people

"What's going on?"

"What happened to the exam?"

"She said something about a new rule"

"Are we supposed to start fighting it out?"

"Silence." Said the announcer

After she said that, everything became quiet, no one said a word, more precisely, we couldn't

I can't open my mouth...

"New rule: Last man standing. You will all fight it out, when there are 30 players remaining, new rule will be announced"

Oi...

"Furthermore, from now on, underneath the badge number there is a count of how many badges you've taken, if player 1 is eliminated by player 2, player 1's badge count will be added to player 2 along with player 1's badge."

… Oi...

"Do not worry about killing the opponent, they will be instantly teleported the moment they are knocked out, surrender or their health reaches a low point. We have doctors on stand-by, do not worry and let it all out. That is all, you may now speak... Let the 2nd round, commence."

Are you kidding?

"I-I can talk..."

"Are we supposed to start fighting...?"

"What? Right no-"

Before he could finish, he hit was by a fireball from point blank by the guy next to him, since his guard was lowered it knocked him out in one blow

Everyone watched as the fireball guy picked up the guys badge

"What? It's already started"

Shortly after he said that, it turned into a real battle royale

*boom!* *boom* *boom*

Magic attacks were being sent from all directions, explosions happening from left and right, everyone was at war

"Who thought it was a good idea, to put a bunch of walking bombs in a room with each other..." I muttered to myself

Deprehendre

I looked around and found the 3 lights belonging to them, they were all together

"The three of them should be fine if they're together... There's no need to go help them. For now, I guess I'll farm badge-"

Before I could finish I leapt to back and watched as the area I was standing on was hit by an abundant amount of flames

"Hoh... You managed to dodge... Not bad" said the girl in front of me

One thing I noticed then was that the floor was magic resistant, it didn't burn nor heat up, and I'm guessing the walls were too.

"That's a lot of flames" I said as I looked over at the girl

Long red hair which was tied up in pigtails and red eyes, and she uses flames, did she dye her hair or is it in genetics, if so, what a coincidence. Or maybe it's just part of the bloodline...

"Of course, any last words?" She asked as she started chanting

Flames started to form in a ring shape around her

"Yeah, look to your right" I replied as I pointed next to her

"I won't fall for tha-"

She was interrupted by a giant water sphere which fell on top of her

"Oh my bad, I thought you needed to cooldown" said another girl as she approached us

Aqua blue hair tied up in a pony tail and blue eyes, let me guess, she uses water.

"..." the red girl stayed silent as she looked down

she lifted up her face as she said "You..."

Wow, I didn't know she could make such a scary face... What a temper

"Oh? Perhaps you'd like another round? Our fight was interrupted last time, but you won't get away this time." Said the blue haired girl before she started chanting

"Bring it on..." replied the red haired girl before she started chanting

I guess I'll just leave, for some reason I don't feel like getting involved with this

I turned around and walked around with my guard up, looking for badges to steal. Explosions were still going off everywhere, everyone was fighting

"I haven't used my daggers much since the exams started huh..." I muttered to myself

Hmm should I kill steal?

I wonder if it'll work... If I get the last hit on a player before they get knocked out, I should be able to get the badge, but that's a jerk move

Hmm, whatever, if I join in half way, it should be fine

"Velox" A smile was formed on my face as I muttered the words velox after fake chanting

I midair I pulled out my daggers and charged right into where there were the most players and explosions

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"Would you look at that! Everyone's giving it their all! Explosions being released left and right! Number of participants dropping like rain! Who will survive!"

The crowd cheered as they watched live what was happening on the magic screen

"Oh, currently, the player with the most eliminations is a black haired young boy! He seems to have 11 badges after taking out 5 players inside of the cube! What a very unique way of fighting!"

[Black haired kid? John? No, their hairstyle is different, and this kid uses dark magic, John is an elemental wizard] Thought kurt as he watched the screen

"Why does this kid look so familiar... He looks like he's within my daughters age group too..." Muttered kurt

"Amazing! This is our first footage of him being displayed fighting and it's barely lasted 10 seconds! He's taking out his opponents one after the other before they even realised!"

[Wait this unique way of fighting... Dark magic... So he's their son...]

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"Surround him! He has 11 badges!" Shouted one of the guys

After he said that, they hastily surrounded the guy

"It's 4 on 1, give up."

The boy started chanting after he heard those words

"Damn it! Don't let him chant!"

His chant was short and he finished it before they could stop him

"Intermediate dark magic: Umbra Regnum" muttered the boy before entering his shadow Translation: Shadow realm

"Where did he go?!" Shouted the guy

"Advanced dark magic: Resurgens umbra Spika" muttered the boy once he got out of their field of view Translation: Rising Shadow spikes

The boys shadow stretched out and without them noticing, reached under each of their legs

Spikes rose from the shadows underneath them and pierced them each in their vital points

"GAAAH!" they all shouted in pain before light particles engulfed their bodies and teleported them

The number being displayed under the boy's badge changed from 11 to 15

"Too easy..." He muttered as he rose out from his shadow